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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon lands at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility during Exercise Ballast Cannon 24.3, Jan. 7, 2024. Ballast Cannon occurs nearly quarterly with the Royal Bahraini Air Force to support the U.S. Air Force’s rapid expeditionary capabilities by integrating Agile Combat Employment objectives for F-16 Fighting Falcon, KC-135 Stratotanker, and operational support personnel. Agile Combat Employment shifts generation of airpower from large centralized bases, to networks of smaller, dispersed locations, or cluster bases to increase survivability and complicate adversary planning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sarah Williams)